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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Ryo, leader of the Japanese musical group Supercell; Ryo Fukui (born 1948), Japanese pianist; Ryo Fukawa (born 1974, りょう), Japanese comedian and musician; Ryo Kawakita (born 1978, 亮), member of Maximum the Hormone band; Ryo Kawasaki (born 1947, 燎), Japanese jazz fusion guitarist; Ryo Noda (born 1945, 燎), Japanese composer and ...
Gin (pronounced with a hard G) is also the name of the following Japanese fictional characters: Gin Ichimaru, a character in Bleach; Gin (Case Closed), a member of the Black Organization in Case Closed; Ghin , a character in One Piece; Gin, a character in Hotarubi no Mori e
The list below shows the Japanese readings of letters in Katakana, for spelling out words, or in acronyms. For example, NHK is read enu-eichi-kē ( エヌ・エイチ・ケー ) . These are the standard names, based on the British English letter names (so Z is from zed , not zee ), but in specialized circumstances, names from other languages ...
(These analyses correspond to the representation of these sounds in the Japanese spelling system.) Most dialects show a merger in the pronunciation of underlying /d/ and /z/ before /j/ or /i/, with the resulting merged phone varying between [ʑ] and [dʑ]. The contrast between /d/ and /z/ is also neutralized before /u/ in most dialects (see above).
When a non-English name has a set English pronunciation (or pronunciations), include both the English and non-English pronunciations; the English transcription must always be first. If the native name is different from the English name, the native transcription must appear after the native name. For example:
Japanese does not have separate l and r sounds, and l-is normally transcribed using the kana that are perceived as representing r-. [2] For example, London becomes ロンドン (Ro-n-do-n). Other sounds not present in Japanese may be converted to the nearest Japanese equivalent; for example, the name Smith is written スミス (Su-mi-su).
Bleach (ブリーチ, Burīchi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper ( 死神 , Shinigami , literally, " Death God ") from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki .